{"id":2435130,"date":"2025-05-15T15:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oblivious-swalwell-warns-noem-everyone-instantly-notices-the-mistake-he-made\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:47:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:47:06","slug":"oblivious-swalwell-warns-noem-everyone-instantly-notices-the-mistake-he-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/oblivious-swalwell-warns-noem-everyone-instantly-notices-the-mistake-he-made\/","title":{"rendered":"Oblivious Swalwell Warns Noem, Everyone Instantly Notices the Mistake He Made"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foblivious-swalwell-warns-noem-everyone-instantly-notices-the-mistake-he-made%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2435130&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>During a recent Department of Homeland Security budget hearing, California Democratic Representative Eric Swalwell engaged in a heated exchange with Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. Swalwell questioned Noem regarding a photograph of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an alleged gang member adn human trafficker, asking whether the image was doctored. He emphasized his suppose ability to discern falsehoods, referring to himself as having a &#8220;bulls*** detector&#8221; because of his children. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/womens-basketball-champs-lsu-reject-botched-biden-white-house-invite-star-player-says\/\" title=\"Women&#039;s Basketball Champs LSU Reject Botched Biden White House Invite, Star Player Says\">comment drew criticism<\/a>, given Swalwell&#8217;s own controversial past involving a relationship with Fang Fang, a woman accused of being a Chinese spy who reportedly used her connections to influence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-number-of-front-line-health-care-workers-refusing-covid-19-vaccine\/\" title=\"Shocking Number of Front Line Health Care Workers Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine\">public officials<\/a>. Observers highlighted the irony of Swalwell questioning Noem&#8217;s integrity given his past. The exchange has sparked notable online debate, with many referencing Swalwell&#8217;s history in relation to his current accusations.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>California Democratic Rep Eric Swalwell believes himself to be a good judge of character, but his past says otherwise.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/swalwell-warns-noem-he-has-bulls-detector-during-heated-exchange-about-abrego-garcia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News reports<\/a> Swalwell had an exchange with Secretary of Homeland Security <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kristi-noem-says-house-democrats-committed-felonies-ice-detention-facility-must-punished\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Krisi Noem<\/a> on Wednesday during a DHS budget hearing where the former tried to push Noem on the topic of El Salvadorian MS-13 gang member and human trafficker Kilmar Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s hand tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>In a clip of the moment, posted to social media platform X, Swalwell questions Noem on a specific photo of Abrego Garcia&rsquo;s hands as she communicates to Swalwell why he was deported back to his home country.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA): &ldquo;I have a 7-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 3-year-old. I have a bullsh*t detector. I&rsquo;m just asking you, is this doctored or not doctored?&rdquo; *Instructs his staffer to hold the photo right in front of Noem&rsquo;s face*<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Kristi Noem: &ldquo;Are you saying&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vPPY20jvyC\">pic.twitter.com\/vPPY20jvyC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RedWave_Press\/status\/1922675192385482877?\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); 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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Swalwell wanted Noem to engage in his leading question over the photograph.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is this doctored or is it not?&rdquo; he asked about the photo, adding unconvincingly, &ldquo;&ldquo;I want you to have credibility and I want you to be taken seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When she would not budge, Swalwell told her, &ldquo;Madame Secretary, I have a seven-year-old, a six-year-old, and a three-year-old,&rdquo; Swalwell told Noem, appearing to grow frustrated.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have a bulls*** detector,&rdquo; he said, attempting to communicate to the audience and his colleagues that she was not being forthcoming with the information he sought.<\/p>\n<p>This was &mdash; to put it mildly &mdash; an incredibly miscalculated statement by Swalwell.<\/p>\n<p>Anytime the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/scotus-betrays-time-sides-california-gun-owners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a> representative tries to question anyone else&rsquo;s integrity or ability to work for the American people, one moment from his past is always brought up.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/05\/23\/house-ethics-committee-ends-probe-into-swalwells-interaction-with-fang-fang\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Post<\/a>, Swalwell had a close relationship with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-gop-grills-sanctuary-city-mayors-over-immigration\/\" title=\"House GOP grills sanctuary city mayors over immigration\">woman &#038;ndash<\/a>; Fang Fang &ndash; who entered the US in 2011 and spent four years making connections with several public officials.<\/p>\n<p>Fang Fang helped fundraise for Swalwell&rsquo;s election in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He reportedly severed ties with her in 2015 after federal investigators raised concerns, suspecting she was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/web-chinese-spies-fully-infiltrated-prestigious-us-university-student-investigation-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chinese<\/a> spy.<\/p>\n<p>Fang Fang allegedly carried out her work by becoming intimate with public officials according to <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/12\/08\/suspected-chinese-spy-slept-with-courted-us-politicians-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another piece<\/a> by the Post from 2020, leading many to conclude that her <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >alleged tactics extended<\/a> to her relationship with Swalwell.<\/p>\n<p>That is all to say, Swalwell, based on his past, does&nbsp;<em>not&nbsp;<\/em>have &ldquo;a bulls*** detector.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Users were quick to bring up Swalwell&rsquo;s past in replies to a Fox News X post:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Especially when it comes to Chinese espionage.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; JayatsOX (@jaystallard) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jaystallard\/status\/1923036863792554076?\">May 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Fang Fang disagrees.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Scott &#127482;&#127480; (@ScottNC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ScottNC\/status\/1922780003046977847?\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Apparently not the Chinese version of the bulls&mdash; detector. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qTiTkCF322\">pic.twitter.com\/qTiTkCF322<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; freedom fighter (@juleamurphy69) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/juleamurphy69\/status\/1922787742758363371?\">May 14, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Swalwell can&rsquo;t seem to escape his past, at least not when he wants to bring up someone else&rsquo;s integrity.<\/p>\n<p>In the future, he should tread lightly.<\/p>\n<p>Accusing Noem or anyone else in the Trump administration for having questionable discernment is always going to come back around to him.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Eric Swalwell considers himself a good judge of character, but his history suggests otherwise. According to Fox News, during a DHS budget hearing on Wednesday, Swalwell confronted Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem about the hand tattoos of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an MS-13 gang member and human trafficker from El Salvador. In a social media clip, Swalwell pressed Noem about whether a specific photo of Garcia&#8217;s hands was altered or not while she explained why he was deported. Swalwell stated, &#8220;I have a 7-year-old, a 6-year-old, and a 3-year-old. I have a bulls*** detector,&#8221; as he instructed his staffer to hold the photo in front of her face.<\/p>\n<p>Swalwell attempted to lead Noem with his question: &#8220;Is this doctored or is it not?&#8221; He added that he wanted her to be credible and taken seriously. When she remained unyielding, he expressed frustration by saying that he had young children and implied she wasn&#8217;t being honest.<\/p>\n<p>This statement was poorly timed for Swalwell; whenever he questions someone else&#8217;s integrity or ability to serve the public effectively, people often recall his past relationship with Fang Fang-a woman who allegedly had ties to Chinese espionage and helped fundraise for him in 2014 before their connection ended amid federal scrutiny in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Critics quickly referenced Swalwell&#8217;s history in response to his comments about Noem on social media platforms like X (formerly Twitter). 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